Hat-guard.



G. H. SHAW;

HAT GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24, 1969.

938,281. Patented 0011.26, 1909.

INVENTOR @arZesHAZazu ATTOR/EYS CHARLES H. SHAW, NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT-GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, '1909.

Application filed February 24, 1909. Serial No. 479,817.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. SHAW, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the countyof Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedHat-Gruard, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The invention is an improvement in hat guards, and has in view such adevice in which the guard string will be automatically drawn within thehat when released and the effective length of the string altered to suitthe convenience of the wearer.

To this end the invention in general consists of a drum applied withinthe hat, a

' guard string passing from the outside of the hat to the drum, the drumhaving a spring to automatically wind up the guard string when thelatter is released, and a device for securing the string at differentpoints of its length to the hat.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hat, showing the drum applied insidethereof; Fig. 2 is a section through one side of the hat substantiallyon the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2;Fig. 4 is a fragmentary outside view of the hat, showing the relativearrangement of the several features of the guard; and Fig. 5 is aperspective view of a detail hereinafter more fully described.

To the inside of the hat, well up into the crown in order that it maynot interfere with the head of the wearer, is applied a drum 5, theconnection of the drum with the hat being preferably effected by eyeletrivets 6, which pass through the o posite end portions of an attachingstrip rigid with the drum casing 8, the heads of the latter serving tosupport the axis or central pin 9 on which the drum proper is journaled.Directly below the drum and closely adjacent to the hat band an eyeletrivet 10 is secured within the side of the hat, and, as best shown inFig. 2, passes through the eye 11 of a pin 11", the free end portions orprongs of the pin being extended to the inside of the bow of the hatband and provided with a depending hook 12, between the prongs anddirectly above the bow.

A guard string 13 is attached at its outer end to the usual button-holeor other securing member 1 1, and passes to the inside of the hatthrough the eyelet 10 and thence through an opening 15 in the under sideof the drum casing 8, and is secured at its inner end to the drum 5. Aspiral spring 16 arranged within the drum, is attached at oneend to thecentral pin 9, and at its opposite and outer end to the innerside of thedrum, and is coiled in a direction to be wound when the guard string 13is drawn to the outside of the hat, whereby when the guard string isreleased it will be rewound on the drum and returned within the hat, thebutton-hole member contacting with the eyelet rivet 10, as shown in Fig.4, and preventing the guard string from passing fully to the inside.

In the use of the guard, the button-hole or other securing member isgrasped, and by it the guard string is drawn from the drum the lengthrequired, when the string is secured by taking a hitch about the hook12, as shown in Fig. 2. The-member 14 is then secured to the clothing bypassing it through a buttonhole, as is the usual practice, or in anyother convenient manner. The rivet 6 and the rivet 10 not only performthe function of securing the drum and providing a guideway for the guardstring, respectively, but also as ventilating openings for the hat.

In Fig. 5 I have shown the pin 11 stamped from sheet metal as a singlepiece. The hook 12 as stamped out projects upwardly and the eye 11projects downwardly, the pin being finished by bending the hookdownwardly and bending the eye upwardly to the rear of the prongs.

My hat guard may be applied to both stiff and soft straw hats, to stifffelt Derby hats and to soft felt hats.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. The combination of a hat, a drum arranged within the hat, eyeletsarranged within the side of the hat and supporting the drum, an eyeletfixed within the side of the hat below the drum, and a guard stringpassing from the outside of the hat through the last mentioned eyelet tothe drum.

2. The combination of a hat, a drum arranged Within the hat, an eyeletfixed Within the side of the hat below the drum, a guard string passingfrom the outside of the hat through the eyelet t0 the drum, and a pinsecured to the hat by the eyelet and having a hook at the outside of thehat to secure the guard string at points along its length.

3. The combination of a hat having a band, a drum carried by the hat, aguard string passing from the drum and a pin having a hook to secure theguard string at points along its length and provided with prongsextending between the hat and the band.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 15 name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES H. SH AVV.

lVitnesses F. l/V. I-IANAFORD, JOHN P. DAVIS.

